A name given to the process of dividing a state or other territoryinto the authorized civil or political divisions, but with such a geographical arrangementas to accomplish a sinister or unlawful purpose,

In old English law. Finable; liable to be amerced at the discretion of the lord of a manor. Cowell.

In Saxon law. A guest. A name given to a stranger on the second night of hisentertainment in another’s house. Tiva- night gest.

In medical jurisprudence. The time during which a female, who has conceived, carriesthe embryo or foetus in her uterus.

In the civil law. One who acts for another, or transacts another’s business. Calvin.

Lat. In Roman law. A deed or act; a thing done. Some writers affected tomake a distinction between “gcstuni” and “factum.” Rut the best authorities pronouncedthis subtile and indefensible. Dig. GO, 10,

In old Scotch law. Gaolers. 1 1’itc. Crim. Tr. pt. 2, p. 234.

A. In Saxon law. The ancient convention of the people to decide a cause.

A gallows; the post on which malefactors are hanged, or on which theirbodies are exposed. It differs from a common gallows, in that it consists of one perpendicularpost, from the top of

Lynch law; In particular a custom anciently prevailing in the parish ofHalifax, England, by which the free burghers held a summary trial of any one accusedof petit larceny, and, if they found

A voluntary conveyance of land, or transfer of goods, from one person to another,made gratuitously, and not upon any consideration of blood or money. 2 Rl.Comm. 440; 2 Steph. Comm. 102; 2

The stream of water to a mill. Mon. Angl. torn. 3.

In Saxon law. A tax or tribute. Spelman.A fine, mulct, or amerciament; a satisfaction or compensation for an injury.A fraternity, society, or company of persons combined together, under certain regulations,and with the

A gild merchant, or merchaut gild; a gild, corporation, orcompany of merchants. 10 Coke, 30.

In Saxon law. Members of a gild or decennary. Oftener spelled “con- gildo.”Du Cange; Spelman.

L. Fr. A cheat or deceiver. Applied in Britton to those who sold false orspurious things for good, as pewter for silver or laten for gold. Britt c. 15.

In old Scotch law. An asylum given to murderers, where tlie murder was committed withoutany previous design, and in chaude mella, or heat of passion. Bell.

L. Fr. Agistment; cattle taken in to graze at a certain price; also themoney received for grazing cattle.

L. Fr. To lie. Gist en le louche, it lies in the mouth. Le action lien gist, theaction well lies. Gisant, lying.

An agister; a person who takes cattle to graze.